Sentence Stress
Trivia
Vowel Sounds
Hard & Soft C & G Sounds
100
True or false?
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are usually spoken with stress in sentences.
True!
100
True or false?
The letters C & G have only one pronunciation.
False! C and G have at least two pronunciations: hard and soft sounds.
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100
What vowel sound do you hear in these two words?
cab, cap
a. olive sock b. silver pin c. black cat
c. black cat
100
Does this word have a hard or soft sound?
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soft C sound
200
Which word(s) receive stress in this sentence?
Jack is amazing!
"Jack" and "amazing"
200
True or false?
English has at least 14 vowel sounds.
True! English has between 14 and 20 vowel sounds!
200
Which vowel sounds do you hear in these words?
goat, coat, throat, wrote, vote
a. rose boat b. olive sock c. a orange door
a. rose boat
200
Which of the following words does NOT have a hard C sound?
a. icy b. pickle c. cereal d. justice
b. pickle
300
Which word(s) receive stress in this sentence?
You are awesome!
"awesome"
300
True or False?
Words like "are" "is" "am" "was" and "will be" usually get the most stress in sentences.
False! Conjugations of the verb "to be" are usually NOT stressed in sentences.
300
Which one of these words does NOT rhyme with "shirt"?
hurt, dirt, skirt, avert, heart, desert
a. avert b. heart c. desert
b. heart
300
Which of these words has a soft G sound?
a. gum b. judge c. rug d. ring
b. judge
400
True or false?
These sentences have standard sentence stress:
Roses are red. Violets are blue. I sold my jet and moved to Peru.
True! Every content word is on the same beat:
Roses, red, violets, blue, sold, jet, moved, Peru
400
Which words usually have the least stress in a sentence?
a. pronouns b. prepositions c. conjunctions
Trick question: All of these!
400
Which of these words does NOT rhyme with "mother"?
love, broth, brother, comfort, from
a. brother b. broth c. from
b. broth
400
Which of these words has a hard G sound?
a. emergency b. engineer c. garbage d. gymnastics
c. garbage
500
True or false?
These sentences have standard sentence stress:
We bought groceries because we were hungry. They didn't buy anything.
False! These sentences place stress on the pronouns "We" and "They" to emphasize who bought the groceries.
500
True or false?
For some consonant sounds at the end of a word, most people only pronounce half the sound.
True! Sounds from the letters T & D, G & K, and B & P are often pronounced halfway at the end of words. These are called "stop sounds."
500
Which of these words does NOT rhyme with "red pepper"?
bread, thread, read, said, paid
a. read b. said c. paid
c. paid
500
Which sounds do you hear?
cloud
a. hard C, olive sock
b. soft C, olive sock
c. hard C, brown cow
d. soft C, brown cow
c. hard C, brown cow